Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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20/09/21 Fertiliser factories halt production; Muck; Chelsea Flower Show
Farms face fertiliser shortage. Muck and its uses on farm. RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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18/09/21 Farming Today This Week: Labour shortages, potatoes, lack of interest in the new environmental funding scheme
Labour shortages - from dumping milk to the pigs stuck on farms.
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17/09/21 Pig processing crisis, potatoes, emotional wellbeing of livestock
Pig industry crisis. App for the wellbeing of livestock. Rare potato collection.
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16/09/21 Inquiry into labour crisis in food chain, potato harvesting, integrating trees into farming
MPs launch inquiry into how labour and trade issues are affecting the food supply chain.
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15/09/21 New trade deals, self sufficiency in food, cow loo, chips processed on farms
How does protecting British farming square with opening up new international trade?
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14/09/21 Driver shortages: farmers told to dump milk; seed potato research; dressage horse breeding
Farmers dumping milk because of driver shortages - what are the impacts on the industry?
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13/09/21 Badger cull considered in NI, potatoes, modern cultivators
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Department considers culling badgers to prevent bovine TB.
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11/09/21 - Farming Today This Week: fisheries funding, livestock breeding, alternative fuels
Innovations in fishing look to cut carbon emissions and introduce robotics.
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10/09/21 The Geronimo phenomenon, Limousin cattle, BBC Food and Farming Awards' Farming for the Future finalist
Thousands of cattle killed to stop bovine TB. Why so much fuss about one alpaca?
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09/09/21 Westmorland Agricultural Show, Aberdeen Angus cattle, new alternative National Park
Caz Graham visits an agricultural show to hear how it's managed to survive the pandemic.
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FT 08/09/21 Checks on GB food going to NI delayed, methane tractor, Mangalitza pigs
Some NI retailers have cut GB supplied food despite trade checks suspended indefinitely.
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07/09/21 Farmers welcome E10 biofuel at the petrol pumps, Hebridean sheep
E10 biofuel at pumps - but can the balance between growing for fuel or food be maintained?
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06/09/21 Report suggests less regulation for gene edited crops, livestock selective breeding
Light touch regulation for gene edited crops in England.
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04/09/21 - Farming Today This Week: The Trade and Agriculture Commission, staff shortages and food waste
Where is the new Trade and Agriculture Commission?
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03/09/21 Farm food waste, BBC Food and Farming Awards' Farming for the Future category, seed breeding
Farmers could increase their profits by 20% by getting to grips with food waste.
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02/09/21 - Trade and Agriculture Commission, picker shortage and hop breeding
Where is the new Trade and Agriculture Commission?
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01/09/2021 Labour shortage on poultry farms, strawberry breeding, croft horse trekking
Staff shortages in the food chain are causing serious problems for poultry farmers.
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31/08/21 - Tractor auction, Northern Ireland’s Future Agricultural Policy, Crop breeding
Northern Ireland’s plan for agriculture and the man with a tractor collection for sale.
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Supporting people with extra needs on Macaulay Farm
Nancy Nicolson visits a farm on the Isle of Lewis which supports people with extra needs
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28/08/21 Farming Today This Week: Food industry calls for Covid relief visas, lack of funding for rural youth, ragwort
Labour shortages in processing mean a backlog of pigs on farms - are prisoners the answer?
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27/08/21 - Prisoner labour in meat processing, Backlog of pigs, Poul Hovesen
Is employing prisoners the answer to the backlog of pigs and a shortage of chicken?
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26/08/21 - Ragwortgate, Pharmacist to farmer, Menai Mussels
Charlotte Smith presents the latest installment of Ragwortgate.
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25/08/21 - Pop-up campsites in Wales, Ragwort and horses, University lecturer turns farmer
Should pop-up campsites in Wales be registered to monitor the pressure on rural areas?
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24/08/21 - Beaver reintroduction in England, Transforming a dairy business with direct selling
Plans to release beavers into the wild in England are to be set out by the UK government.
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23/08/21 - Making money from native breeds, Queen of the Herdwicks, Gleaning
How can you make rare and native livestock breeds pay?
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21/08/21 - Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2021
Caz Graham with a round-up of some of the stories from this year's harvest.
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20/08/21 Cash for Ash, Rural crime in Wales, Broccoli harvest
Farmers in Northern Ireland are being asked to repay money from the 'Cash for Ash' scheme.
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19/08/21 - The carbon footprint of milk, Wheat harvest in Yorkshire
A new report says UK milk is produced with half of the global average carbon footprint.
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18/08/21 - Live animal exports, Bronagh Dempster the young farmer, Cotswold harvest
Reaction to the latest news on the transport of live animal for export. With Anna Hill.
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17/08/21 - Tenant farm rent rises, New varieties of oil seed rape, Barley harvest
There's evidence that landlords are trying to raise farm rents to offset cuts to the BPS.